The relationship between socioeconomic indices and potentially zoonotic pathogens carried by wild Norway rats: a survey in Rhône, France (2010–2012)

Ayral, Florence; Artois, Jean; Zilber, Anne-Laure; Widén, Frederik; C. Pounder, Kieran; Aubert, Dominique; Bicout, Dominique; Artois, Marc

doi:10.1017/s0950268814001137

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The relationship between socioeconomic indices and potentially zoonotic pathogens carried by wild Norway rats: a survey in Rhône, France (2010–2012)

Published in Epidemiology and Infection • May 16, 2014

Authors:

Florence Ayral

Jean Artois

Anne-Laure Zilber

Abstract

Leptospira interrogans, hantaviruses (particularly Seoul virus), hepatitis E virus (HEV), and Toxoplasma gondii are rat-associated zoonoses that are responsible for human morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study aimed to describe the infection patterns of these four pathogens in wild rats (Ratt...

Subject

Serology

Hantavirus

Socioeconomic status

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